How does a fish view your fly? You can never be
sure. What was the last guy using that fished your next piece of
water? If you believe that fish have any capacity to remember, it might be
to your advantage to use a slightly different fly. This is certainly true
of super-hatches such as the "Salmon Fly Hatch". You know the fish
are going to eat, but you also know that the are going to get more
educated as the season progresses. If they get stuck a number of
times while eating Sofa Pillows, they are going to loose their taste for
Sofa Pillows.

Last year
the Chubby Chernobyl fly pattern ruled the salmonfly hatch. This season
an improved version called Chubby Norm is the big winner. Chubby Norm is
a cross between Chubby Chernobyl and the Norm Wood Special.

Egg Layer Salmon Fly
From our observations, Female Salmon Flies lay egg several ways. Some times they skitter across the surface exuding eggs as the go. Other times they drop eggs while flying. It is the former mode that is of interest to the angler. Salmon Flies laying eggs with their egg ball intact and the abdomen flush with the surface or slightly below the surface can be a prime target for feeding trout. This is a great fly for that reason.

Kyle's King Kong
This pattern has so many wiggly tails, legs and feelers that it "crawls"
across the surface of the water. This is an excellent change-up fly
and you know that probably no one else on the water has anything similar.
The Yummy Mummie is impossible to sink in even the roughest water.
If it gets pulled under, it will pop back to the surface.